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• Mission Santa Barbara
  "Super location for outdoor photography, architectural history"
  "If you're following the Camino Real, you owe yourself a stop at this mission. The architecture is beautiful, from the original grounds to the additions over the centuries to the ruins in the park area across the street - you can completely immerse yourself and get an idea of what it was like to be a..." part of this mission's daily life. I've been a few times, with adults and teenage kids, and each time we noticed something different, new and interesting. It is a working mission so the Franciscans are very present but this is not at all a religion-forward experience. You're not supposed to take flash photos inside (so please don't!) but the grounds themselves are very photo-worthy. Schedule at least an hour and you'll have a fairly rounded tour; wander for two hours or more and you'll get that little something extra that takes it from 'tour' to 'experience'. " More >
• Arroyo Burro County Beach Park
  "Beautiful beach, good water fun, dog-friendly"
  "This beach is wonderful to visit, and I've walked it both directions for quite a ways to get a solid feel for it over the past few months. This is a dog-friendly beach with "on leash" one direction and "off leash" in the other. I have not met an unfriendly or unruly dog there yet. While we don't hav..."e a dog I have noticed that there is a dog-washing station to clean your pawed pal at the end of a day romping in the surf, and the beach itself is very clean because the dog owners clean up after themselves well. This is an easy spot for beginning water sports - boogie boarding and light surfing are easy, and depending on the tide there are tide pools that are easy to explore. There is natural seepage of tar here and the level of it comes and goes, so I recommend water shoes. If you do go barefoot, some baby oil wipes do the job of getting the goop off. I've heard some people say that they have trouble getting it out of their hair, but I've found that a heavy conditioner combed through does... " More >
• Stearns Wharf
  "aquarium"
  "My son and I enjoyed the wharf, but the best part was the aquarium on the pier. The staff was amazing, they gave us great information about the sharks, fish, crabs and urchens. It was great to hear the locals also bring sealife that is found to them for further care and rehab. My son is 16 and we..." were able to spend several hours petting the sharks, urchens (our favorite was the sea hare), plus he was able to drop a net to catch crab or other sea life and a pot to dig through the sand. We were able to look at our findings in the sand under the microscope, which we found interesting. What a great place for a minimal cost. " More >